Reactive copper-containing benzeneazonaphthalene dyes containing a trichloropyrimidine group



United States Patent US. Cl. 260-146 6 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Dyestuffs of the general formula OMe0 give good fastness to wet and light on cellulose. and polyamide fibers.

In the above formula:

X represents a dizinylamino group the organic radical of which contains at least one mobile substituent which reacts with alkalies while splitting ofi as anion,

A represents a possibly further substituted, at most dinuclear radical of the benzene series which contains the oxygen atom in a position ortho to the azo linkage,

B represents a possibly further substituted radical of the naphthalene series which contains the oxygen atom in o-position to the azo linkage,

Me represents a heavy metal of the atomic numbers 24 to 29 which can also contain other co-ordinated complex formers, and

n represents a positive whole number from 1 to at most 5.

This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 425,942, filed J an. 15, 1965, and now abandoned; the latter application being a continuation of application Ser. No. 73,200, filed Dec. 2, 1960, and now abandoned.

The present invention concerns metal-containing reactive azo dyestuffs, process for the production thereof, their use for the fast dyeing and printing of textile material as well as the material fast dyed or printed therewith.

It has been found that dyeings which have very good fastness to wet and light are obtained on cellulose and polyamide fibres with dyestuffs of the general Formula I I: 0 i isosm.

XAN=N-B which can be fixed onto these fibres.

In the above formula:

X represents a diazinylamino group the organic radical of which contains at least one mobile su bstituent which reacts with alkalies while splitting 01f as anion,

A represents a possibly further substituent, at most dinuclear radical of the benzene series which contains the oxygent atom in a position ortho to the azo linkage,

B represents a possibly further substituted radical of the naphthalene series which contains the oxygen atom in o-position to the azo linkage,

Me represents a heavy metal of the atomic numbers 24 to 29 which can also contain other co-ordinated complex formers, and

n represents a positive whole number from 1 to at most 5.

The dyestuffs according to the invention are obtained by two dififerent processes.

The first consists in treating a heavy metal-containing azo dyestutf of the general Formula I in which X is an 3,502,642 Patented Mar. 24, 1970 acylatable primary or secondary amino group, with a six-membered heterocyclic compound of aromatic character which contains two tertiary ring nitrogen atoms and at least two mobile substituents at ring carbon atoms vicmal to such N atoms. Primarily halogen atoms, in particular those of the atomic numbers 17 to 35, i.e. chlorine and bromine are used as such mobile substituents. Preferred compounds are of the meta-diazine series. Such cyclic carbimide halides usable in the process according to the invention as azinylating agents are, e.g. the 2,4- and 2,6-dichloroor 2,4- and 2,6-dibromo-pyrimidines which can contain in the remaining positions other substituents, in particular further halogen atoms or negative groups such as nitro, cyano, acyl or also only alkyl or phenyl groups. Particularly valuable dyestuffs according to the invention are obtained on using 2,4,6-trichloropyrimidine and derivatives thereof, in particular 2,4,5,6- tetrachloropyrimidine.

The azinylating agent is used in at least equimolecular amount and possibly in the form of a suspension or solution in an inert organic solvent such as, e.g. in a low aliphatic ketone. It is allowed to act upon the amino azo dyestuff until the amino group to be acylated can no longer be traced. This is done, for example, by diazotising and coupling if primary amino groups are to be acylated, which is preferably the case. In addition, the reaction with the acylating agent is performed under such conditions that, on completion of the azinylation, the diazine ring contains at least one mobile substituent, that is in the case of the above mentioned, preferred cyclic carbimide halides, the diazine ring still contains at least one mobile halogen atom. Thus, too high temperatures and too high pH value of the reaction medium are to be avoided as much as possible. The reaction is performed advantageously with the aqueous solution of an alkali metal salt of the metal-containing amino azo dyestutf at a temperature between about 0 and 60 and a pH of the reaction medium between about 3 and 8. The optimal reaction conditions depend on the reactivity of the azinylating agent to be used and the basicity of the amino group of the amino azo dyestuif and they usually differ from case to case. The dyestuff according tothe invention is isolated from its aqueous solution, most simply by salting out the alkali metal salt in weakly acid or, better .still, in neutral solution. Drying is performed advantageously at a moderately raised temperature in vacuo.

The second process for the production of dyestuffs acazo dyestutf of the general Formula II I (II) in which the symbols X, A, B and n have the meanings given in Formula I, with a heavy metal, particularly a heavy metal of the atomic numbers 24-29. Valuable dyestuffs are obtained principally with chromium, cobalt and nickel and particularly valuable dyestuffs are obtained with agents giving olf copper. These metals are used in the usual form, for example as mineral acid or fatty acid salts. If desired, also complex salts, in particular of the co-ordinative hexavalent metals chromium and cobalt can be used as agent introducing metal, which complexes contain already complexly bound, uncoloured or coloured compounds such as, e.g. organic aor fl-hydroxycarboxylic acids or an o,o-dihydroxy-, o-hydroxy-o'-aminoor o-hydroxy-o'carboxyazo dyestuff, whereby a co-ordinated o,o'-dihydroxy azo dyestutf can be identical with or different from the dyestuff of Formula II. The conditions for metallising the diazinylamino azo dyestuff are so chosen that the mobile substituents bound at the azine ring are retained. Thus the pH of the reaction medium and reaction temperature should be'' as low as possible. The metallising is'performe'd, for example, in the presence of ammonia or of a tertiary amine as mineral acid buffering agent. It is performed advantageously, however, in the presence of an alkali metal salt of a low fattyacid at a moderately elevated temperature such as between about 30 and 80 C. a

The amino-o,o'-dihydroxy azo compounds necessary in the two above processes as starting materials which cor respond to the general Formula II in which X' is an azinylatable primary or secondary amino group and the 7 other symbols have the same meanings as given in For- 1 mula II, as well as their complex heavy metal compounds, are obtained from known dyestutf intermediate products by methods known per se. For example, a nitro-o-hydroxyor an acylamino-o-hyd'roxydiazo compound of the benzene series, particularly an acetylamino-o-hydroxgfi diazo compound of the benzene series, is coupled with a possibly substituted hydroxynaphthalene, the coupling possibly being performed with the use of agents which accelerate the reaction such as tertiary nitrogen bases, arid the nitro group is reduced or the acylamino groupis saponified to the amino group. Thediazo and azo components used can also contain other substituents usual in azo dyestuffs such as, eg halogen, cyano, alkyl, alkoxy, sulphonic acid, siilphonic acid amide or ester groups and carboxylic acid and carboxylie acid amide groups and, possibly, also nitro groiips. These acyclic radicals are preferred substituents of the amino-o,o-dihydroxy azo compounds used as starting materials; the starting materials however, ic an also'contain cyclic radicals such as, e.g. phenyl, phenoxy, phenylazo, phenylsulphonyl and phenylsulphonic acid amido and iphenylcarboxylic acid amido groups, in vhich the phenyl groups can be further substituted. Finally, the "critical substituent X, i.e. the azinylatable amino group, can also be in such an external aryl radical. I

The dyestuffs for the production process according to theexample first mentioned above must contain heavy 40 metal, i.e. before being used for the azinylation, they must be converted with agents giving off heavy metal into their complex heavy metal compounds. This done by treating them with agents giving of? chromium, cobalt, nickel or copper by the usual methods known per se; it is also possible to use o-alkoxy-o-hydroxy az'o dyestuffs.

For the use as starting materials for the second process according to the invention mentioned above, i.ef'the metallisation of dyestuffs of the general Formula II containing diazinylamino groups, the amino-o,o'-dihydroxy azo compounds must first be azinylated. This is done by condensing them'with the' diazine compounds of multiple reactivity described above. 7 5

When using the dyestuffs according to the invention for the pad dyeing and printing of cellulose fibres, it is important that they be well soluble in the form of their alkali metal saits even in salt-containing and weakly acid aqueous liquor. This good water solubility is ensured by the choice of starting components, that is by ensuring that there are at least two but advantageously not more than four sul honic acid groups present. These are preferably distributed in the two radicals of the diazo and azo components, but some of them may also be in the diazinylamino radical.

Preferred dyestuffs according to the invention contain the diazinylamino group in c or p-position to the oxygen atom present in the radical A. They also contain a sulphonic acid group in the por o-position to the oxygen atom. A second class of preferred dyestuffs according to the invention contain the diazinyl amino group in the p-position to the azo linkage. In this case there is possibly also a substituent present in the p-position to the oxygen atom which is, advantageously, halogen, an alkyl, alkylsulphonyl or sulphonic acid group.

V Part cularly valuable dyestuffs correspond to the formula wherein B represents the naphthalene radical containing the oxygen atom in the o-position to the azo linkage, of X and X the one is =N- and the other is a member selected from the group consisting of Hal represents a member selected from the group consisting of Cl and Br, 7 Y

Y represents a member selected from the group consistim; of hydrogen, sulphonic acid, methyl, chlorine, lower alkylsulphonyl and lower, alkoxy radicals,

Z represents a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxy, amino, phenylamino and acylamino radicals Me represents a heavy metal with the atomic numbers 24 to 29, and i '7 i n is a positive whole number of at most 3.

In these dyestuffs, the radical Me is principally copper but it can also be a As has already been mentioned, the copper compounds are a particulariy valuable class of dyestuffs according to the invention as they produce dyeings, particularly on cellulose of a valuable blue shade. In this case, Y is advantageously H or SO H.

In addition, dyestuffs which contain the trichloropyrimidylamino group are preferred. It is diflicult to deter mine from the dyestuff molecule which halogen atom of the halogen pyrimidine is exchanged for the dyestuff amino radical. Very probably the latter radicai is bound to the pyrimidine ring in the 2- or 4-position.

Also, the preferred naphthalene radical is the radical of a l-hydroxynaphthalene compound which preferably is further substituted in the 8-position. Thus, the most valuable class of dyestuffs according to the invention have the formula wherein of X and X the one is =N and the other is 01 Z represents a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxy, sulphonic acid, amino, phenylamino and acylamino radicals,

n is a whole positive number of at most 2 and m represents one of the numerals 0 and 1.

The dyestuif preferably contains 2 to 3 sulphonic acid groups.

The azo dyestuffs obtained according to the invention are red to black powders which, in the form of their alkali metal salts, are particularly well soluble in water. They are suitable for the dyeing and printing of fibres, in particular those from natural or regenerated cellulose and polyamide fibres, in red, red-brown, violet, blue, green to dark grey shades. The cellulose material is impregnated or printed advantageously at a low temperature, e.g., at 2050 C., with the possibly thickened dyestuff solution and then the dyestutf is fixed by treating with acid binding agents. Examples of such are sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, diand tri-sodium phosphate, caustic soda lye, caustic potash solution and, at temperatures of over 50 C., also potassium or sodium bicarbonate. Although the treatment with these agents can be per formed at even room temperature or at a slightly raised temperature, often better results are obtained (advantageously after a mild intermediate drying of the impregnated or printed goods) at a raised temperature, e.g., at 70160 C. Instead of an alkaline after-treatment, in particular when the dye is fixed hot, the acid binding agent can also be added to the impregnating liquors or to the printing pastes and then the dyeing is developed by a short heating to temperatures of over 100-160" C. or by heating for a longer period at room temperature. The addition of hydrotropic agents to the printing inks and impregnating liquors is advantageous in this process, for example, the addition of urea in amounts of to 200 g. per litre dyeing agent.

The new dyestuffs are chemically bound to the fibre by the treatment with acid binding agents and, after soaping to remove non-fixed dyestuif, the cellulose dyeings produced with the new dyestuffs have excellent wet fastness and very good fastness to light. A further technical advance of these new dyestuifs to be evaluated is the fact that, on soaping, generally only a slight part of the dyestuif is removed and, therefore, there is not a great difference in the colour strength of the dyeings before and after this process. In addition, the new dyestuifs are distinguished by a slight substantivity which enables nonfixed dyestuff to be very easily washed out of the goods. Finally attention is drawn to a further valuable property of the dyestuffs according to the invention, namely their relatively good stability in alkaline media for which reason they are particularly suitable for use in printing pastes not for immediate use.

Further details will be seen from the following examples. The temperatures are given therein in degrees centigrade. Where not otherwise expressly stated, parts are given as parts by weight. The relationship of parts by weight to parts by volume is as that of grammes to cubic centimetres.

The diazonium salt solution, produced by diazotising 26.2 parts of 2-amino-6-carbomethoxyamino-l-hydroxybenzene-4-sulphonic acid with 6.9 parts of sodium nitrite in the presence of hydrochloric acid, is mixed with the solution of 30 parts of sodium carbonate and 30.3 parts of 1-hydroxynaphthalene-3,8-disulphonic acid in 200 parts of water. As soon as the coupling is complete, the dyestuif is precipitated with sodium chloride, filtered olf, washed with dilute sodium chloride solution and again dissolved in 500 parts of 5% caustic soda lye. The solution is stirred for an hour at 95 until the carbomethoxyamino groups are saponified. Then at 60-65, the pH of the solution is adjusted to 4.5-5.0 with acetic acid and then the solution of 25 parts of crystallised copper sulphate in parts of water is added. The whole is stirred for an hour at 60'65, the coppered amino monoazo dyestuff is precipitated with sodium chloride, filtered 01f and washed with sodium chloride solution. The moist dyestuff is dissolved in 500 parts of water and 18.5 parts of 2,4,6-trichloropyrimidine are added at 40-45 within one hour, the pH of the reaction mixture being kept at 6.5-7.0 by the simultaneous addition dropwise of sodium carbonate solution. As soon as no more free amino groups can be traced, the condensation product, which consists of a mixture of 2,6-dichloropyrimidinyl-(4)-aminoand 4,6-dichloropyrimidinyl-(2)-aminoazo dyestulf, is precipitated with sodium chloride, filtered olf, washed with sodium chloride solution and dried in vacuo at 60-70. The copper-containing dyestuff is a dark powder which dissolves in water with a ruby-red colour.

If cotton is treated in the foulard at 50 with a 1% aqueous solution of this dyestufi. which solution also contains 20 g. of sodium carbonate and 200 g. of urea per litre, the impregnated goods are dried, then heated for 4 minutes at -160 and finally soaped at the boil for 30 minutes, then a deep ruby-red dyeing is obtained which has very good fastness to light and good wet fastness properties.

Similar dyestulfs are obtained if, in the above example, the 26.2 parts of 2-amino-6-carbomethoxyamino-1-hydroxybenzene-4- sulphonic acid are replaced by the equivalent amount of 2-amino-6-acetylaminoor 2-amino-6- propionyla-minol-hydroxybenzene-4-sulphonic acid or of Z-amino-6-acetylamino4-methy1-l-hydroxybenzene or, if instead of the 18.5 parts of 2,4,6-trichloropyrimidine, the equivalent amount of 5-bromo-2,4,6-trichloropyrimidine, 2,4,5, 6-tetrachloropyrimidine, 2,4,5, 6-tetrabromopyrimidine, 5 acetyl-2,4,6 triehloropyrimidine, S-nitlilo- 2,4,6-tetrachloropyrimidine or 2,4,6-tribromopyrimidine are used.

Copper-containing dyestulfs having similar properties are also obtained if in the above example, the 30.3 parts of 1-hydroxynaphthalene-3, 8-disulphonic acid are replaced by an equivalent amount of one of the coupling components given in the following Table.

Dyestuff Shade on cel- N o. Coupling component lulose fibres 1 l-hyddroxynaphthalene4,8-disulphonic Ruby-red.

acr 2. 1-hy%roxynaphthalene-3,6-disulphonic Do.

801 3 1-hydroxynaphthalene-4,6-disulphonic D0.

ac 5 l-hydiroxynaphtha1ene-4,7-disulphonic Do.

acl 5 2-hydlroxynaphthalene-3,6-disu1p onic Do.

361 6 2-hydiroxynaphthalenc-4,7-disulphonic Do.

9.01 7. 2-hyrliroxynaphthalene-4,8-disulphonic Do.

aci 8 2hydJoxynaphthalene-5,7-disulphonic Do.

acl 9 l-amino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-2,4-disul- Blueish phonic ac violet. 10 l-amino-B-hydroxynaphthalene-2-sul- Do.

phonic acid. 11, 2amino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-3,6-disul- Reddish grey.

phonic acid. 12 1,8-dgiydroxynaphthalene-3,6-disulphonic Violet.

8.01 13- l-phenylamino-S-hydroxynaphtha1ene-4,6- Reddish disulphonic acid. navy blue. 14 2-amino-5 hydroxynaphthalene-1,7-disul- Ruby-red.

phonic acid.

7 EXAMPLE 2 The dyestuif mentioned in the first paragraph of example 1 can also be produced by the following process:

The diazonium salt solution, produced by diazotising 24.6 parts of 2-amino-6-acetylamino-l-hydroxybenzene- 4-sulphonic acid with 6.9 parts of sodium nitrite in the presence of hydrochloric acid, is mixed with the solution of 30 parts of sodium carbonate and 30.3 parts of 1- hydroxynaphthalene-3,8-disulphonic acid in 200 parts of water. As soon as the coupling is complete, the dyestuflt is precipitated with sodium chloride, filtered off, washed with dilute sodium chloride solution and dissolved in 500 parts of 5% caustic soda lye. The solution is stirred for 1 hour at 9095 until the acetylamino groups are saponified. The pH of the solution is adjusted at 40-45 with acetic acid to 6.5-7.0 and then 18.5 parts of 2,4,6- trichloropyrimidine are sprinkled in within 1 hour. The pH of the reaction mixture is kept at 6.5-7.0 by the simultaneous addition dropwise of sodium carbonate solution. As soon as no more free amino groups can be traced, the condensation product is precipitated with sodium chloride, filtered OE and washed with sodium chloride solution. The moist dyestufi is dissolved in 500 parts of 60 warm water, 30 parts of sodium acetate are added and then the solution of 25 parts of crystallised copper sulphate in 100 parts of water is added dropwise. The whole is stirred for 1 hour at 6065, the coppered monoazo dyestuff is precipitated with sodium chloride, filtered off and washed with sodium chloride solution and dried in vacuo at 60-80.

EXAMPLE 3 24.6 parts of 2 amino 4 acetylamino-l-hydroxybenzene-6-sulphonic acid in 200 parts of water are diazotised in the usual way with 6.9 parts of sodium nitrite and 25 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid. The diazonium compound is mixed at 05 with a solution of 31.7 parts of l-amino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-2,4-disulphonic acid and 30 parts of sodium carbonate in 200 parts of water. As soon as the couplling is complete, the monoazo dyestufl? is precipitated with 20% of the volume of sodium chloride, filtered off and washed with a 20% sodium chloride solution. The dyestuff is stirred for 1 /2 hours at 9095 with 500 parts of caustic soda lye to saponify the acetylamino group. The pH of the solution is then adjusted at 6065 to 4.5-5.0 by the addition of acetic acid. The solution of 25 parts of crystallised copper sulphate in 100 parts of water is added and the mixture is stirred for 1 hour at 6065. The coppered monoazo dyestuif is then precipitated with sodium chloride, filtered ofi, washed with sodium chloride solution and again dissolved in 500 parts of water at 40-45 21.8 parts of 2,4,5,6-tetrachloropyrimidine are then added with 1 hour and the pH value of the reaction mixture is kept at 6.57.0 by the simultaneous addition dropWise of a sodium carbonate solution. As soon as no more free amino groups can be traced, the new reactive dyestuff which consists of a mixture of 2,5 ,6-trichloropyrimidinyl-(4) -aminoand 4,5 ,6-trichloropyrimidinyl-(2)-aminoazo dyestuff, is precipitated with sodium chloride, filtered oif, washed with dilute sodium chloride solution and dried in vacuo at 60-70. It is a dark blue powder which dissolves in water with a blue colour.

If cotton is treated in the foulard at 50 with a 2% solution of this dyestutf, which solution also contains 5% of urea and 1% of sodium carbonate, then dried at then steamed for 10 minutes at 100-110 and soaped at the boil, then a deep, pure blue dyeing which has good fastness to light and washing is obtained.

Similar dyestuffs are obtained if, in the above example, instead of the 24.6 parts of 2-amino-4-acetylamino-l-hydroxybenzene-6-sulphonic acid, the equivalent amount of 2 amino 4 carbomethoxyamino-1-hydroxybenzene-6- sulphonic acid or of 2-amino-4-propionylamino-l-hydroxybenzene-6-sulphonic acid is used or if, instead of the 21.8 parts of 2,4,5,6-tetrachloropyrimidine, the equivalent amount of 5-bromo-2,4,6-trichloropyrimidine, 2,4,6- trichloropyrimidine, 2,4,5,6-tetrabromopyrimidine, S-acetyl-2,4,6-trichloropyrimidine, 5 nitrilo 2,4,6 trichloropyrimidine or 2,4,6-tribromopyrimidine is used.

Similar dyestuifs are also obtained if, in the above eX- ample instead of the 31.7 parts of 1-amino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-2,4-disulphonic acid, the equivalent amount of one of the coupling components given in the following table is used.

Dyestuff Shade on cel- No. Coupling component lulose fibres 1 l-hydroxynaphthalene-3,8-disulphonic Blucish ae' violet.

2 l-hydroxynaphthalene-5,8-disulphonic Do.

3 l-hydroxynaphtha1ene-4,6-disulphonic Do.

4 l-hydlroxynaphthalene-i,7-disulphonic Do.

5 1-hydroxynapl1thalene-5,7-disulphonic Do.

aei

6 2hydiroxynaphthalene5,7-disulphonic Do.

act

7 2-hy liroxynaphthalene-3,fi-disulphonic Do.

8 2-hy ddroxynaphthalene-4,6-disulphonie Violet.

9 2-hydlroxynaphthalene-4,7-disulphonic Do.

aci

10 2-hydroxynaphthalene-4,B-disulphonic Do.

11 l-hydroxynaphthalene-4,S-disulphonic Blue-violet.

aci

12 1-amino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-Z-sul- Blue.

phonic acid.

13- 2-amino-8-hydroxynaphthaleue-3,fi-disul- Grey.

phonic acid.

14 1,8-dg1ydroxynaphthalene-B,6-disulphonic Blue 15 l-phenylamino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-4,6- Navy blue.

disulphonic acid.

16. l-hydlroxynaphthalene-ii,6,8-trisulphonic Blue.

aci

17 2-aminc-5-hydroxynaphthalene-l,7-di- Violet.

sulphonic acid.

EXAMPLE 4 The dyestufi' mentioned in the first paragraph of Example 3 can be produced by the following process also:

38.6 parts of a mixture, about of which consist of 4 [2',5',6' trichloropyrimidinyl (4) amino] 2- amino-1-hydroxybenzene-6-sulphonic acid and about /3 of which consists of [4,5',6-trichloropyrimidinyl-(2)- amino]-2-amino-1-hydroXybenzene-6-sulphonic acid, are diazotised with 6.9 parts of sodium nitrite in the presence of hydrochloric acid. The above mixture is produced by condensing 2-acetylamino-4 amino 1 hydroxybenzene- 6-su1phonic acid with 2,4,5,6-tetrachloropyrimidine and then saponifying the acetylamino groups with 10% aqueous hydrochloric acid at The diazonium compound is mixed at 0-5 with a solution of 31.7 parts of l-amino- 8-hydroxynaphthalene-2,4-disulphonic acid and 30 parts of sodium carbonate in 200 parts of water. As soon as the coupling is complete, the monoazo dyestuif is precipitated with 20% of the volume of sodium chloride, filtered off and washed with a 20% sodium chloride solution. The dyestuff is then dissolved in 500 parts of 60-65 warm water.

30 parts of sodium acetate and a solution of 25 parts of crystallised copper sulphate in parts of water are 9 10 then added and the mixture is stirred for 1 hour at 60- the mixture is kept at 6.06.5 by the simultaneous addi- 65. The coppered monoazo dyestutf is then precipitated tion of sodium carbonate solution. As soon as no more with sodium chloride, filtered off, washed with sodium free amino groups can be traced, the new dyestuff, which chloride solution and dried in vacuo at 80. consists of a mixture of the cobalt-containing isomeric 5 2,5,fi-trichloropyrimidinyl-(4)-amin0- and 4,5,6-trichlo- EXAMPLE 5 ropyrimidinyl-(2)-an1ino-- azo dyestufis, is precipitated SOJH | l -ITI=N NHC\ N l i L N=C Hogs r l o 0 E o sour CN T01 I N CHN -N=t I- The diazo compound from 15.4 parts of 5-nitro-2- by the addition of by volume of sodium chloride, amino-l-hydroxybenzene produced in the usual manner filtered off and dried at 6065 in vacuo. The dyestuff is is coupled at 5 in the presence of parts of sodium a violet-black powder which dissolves in water with a viocarbonate with 30.3 parts of 1-hydroxynaphthalene-5,8- 25 let colour. disulphonic acid in 300 parts of water. On completion of v If cotton is treated in the foulard at with a 2% the coupling, the solution is heated to 40-45 and 43 solution of this dyestufi', which solution contains 20 g. parts of crystallised sodium sulphide are added. The of sodium carbonate and 200 g. of urea per litre, the whole is stirred for minutes at 40-45 and then the impregnated goods are steamed for 10 minutes at amino monoazo dyestuif formed is precipitated with hy- 30 and then soaped at the boil for 30 minutes, then a drochloric acid, filtered off and washed with mineral acid level, violet dyeing which is fast to washing is obtained. sodium chloride solution. The dyestutf is again dissolved Similar dyestulfs are obtained, if in the above examin 500 parts of 'water at 4045 with the addition of ple, the 21.8 parts of 2,4,5,6-tetrachloropyrimidine are resodium acetate, animal charcoal is added to the solution placed by the equivalent amount of 5-bromo-2,4,6-triand it is clarified. The solution is then heated to 85, 5 chloropyrimidine, 2,4,6-trichloropyrimidine or 2,4,6-tri- 12.4 parts of crystallised cobalt acetate are added and bromopyrimidine or if, instead of the metallised amino the whole is stirred for 2 hours at 80-85", whereupon the monoazo dyestuff described, the equivalent amount of a pH of the solution is adjusted to 6.0-6.5 with sodium metal-containing amino monoazo dyestulf is used which carbonate.;21.8 parts of 2,4,5,6-tetrachloropyrimidine are is produced from one of the dyestuffs given in the folthen sprinkled in within 3 hours at 40-45 and the pH of 40 lowing table in an analogous way.

Dye- Complex- Shade on stufi I 1y bound cellulose N 0. Diazo component Coupling component; metal fibres 1 5-nitro-2-amin0-ll-hydroxynaphthalene- Cr Blue.

hydroxybenzeue. 4,8-disulphonic acid. 2 ....do Z-hydroxyuaphthalene- Co Violet.

3,6-disulphonic acid. 3". do 1-amin0-8-hydr0xy- Cr Blue-green.

naphthalene-2,4- disulphonic acid. 4 ..do 2-hydroxynaphthalene Co Violet.

4- sulphonic acid. 5 do do Or Do. 6 5-niti'o-2-amino-1-hyl-hydroxynaphthaleue- Cr Blue-violet.

droxybenzenei- 3,6-disulph0nic acid. methyl sulphone. 7 do l-hydroxynaphthalene- Co Violet.

4,7-disulphouic acid. 8 5nitro-2-amino-1-hyl-hydroxynaphthaleue- C0 D0.

droxybenzeneA- 5,7-disulphonic acid. ethyl sulphone. 9 do 2'hydroxynaphthalene- Cr Blue-violet.

4,7-disulphonic acid. 10 do 2-hydroxynaphtha1ene- Or Do.

6-sulphonic acid. 11 5-nitro-4-ch1oro-2- 1-amino-8-hydroxy- Go Blue.

amino-l-hydroxynaphthalene-2- benzene. sulphonic acid. 12 do do Cr Blue-green. 13 do Z-hydroxynaphthalene- Cr Blue.

s-sulphonic acid. 14 do do 00 Ruby. 15 do l-hydroxynaphthalene- Cr Blue.

5,8-disulphonic acid. 16 5-nitro-4-methyl-2- l-hydroxynaphthalene- Co Violet.

amino-l-hydroxy- 4-sulphonic acid. benzene. I 17 do 1-amino-8-hydroxy Cr Blue-green.

naphthalene-2,4- disulphonic acid. 18 do do 00 Blue. 19 do 2-hydroxynaphthalene- Cr Blue-violet.

3,6-disulphonic acid. 20 do l-hydroxynaphthalene- C0 D0.

3,6,8-trisulphonic acid.

16.8 parts of -nitro-2-amino-l-methoxybenzene are diazotised in the usual way in dilute hydrochloric acid with 6.9 parts of sodium nitrite and the diazonium compound is coupled in the presence of 30 parts of sodium carbonate with 30.3 parts of 2-hydroxynaphthalene;3,6- disulphonic acid in 500 parts of water. As soon as'the coupling is complete, the solution is heated to 40-45 and the nitro group is reduced with 43 parts of crystallised sodium sulphide by stirring for hour at 40-45. The amino ,monoazo dyestui'f is precipitated with sodium chloride, filtered oil and dissolved at 80-85 in 506 parts of water with the addition of 50 parts of 25% ammonia. The dyestuff solution is clarified by the fiddllllOlLOf animal charcoal and then 25 parts of crystallised copper sulphate, 25 parts of dimethyl'formamide and another 50 parts of 25 ammonia are added. The whole stirred for 6 hours at 80-85: until the coppering is complete. The metallised amino monoazo dyestuff is precipitated by the addition of sodium chloride, filtered off at room temperature and Washed with dilute sodium chloride solution. The filter cake is dissolved in 500 parts of 40-45 warm water and 21.8 parts of 2,4,5,6-tetrachloropyrimidine are added within 3 hours, the pH of the reaction mixture being kept at 6.54.0 by the simultaneous addition of sodium carbonate solution. As soon as no more ree amino groups can be traced, the new dyestutf, which consists of a mixture of the isomeric 2,5,6-trichloropyrimidinyl 5 (2)-amino-and 4,5,6-trichloropyrimidinyl-(2) iaminoazo dyestufi, is precipitatedwith sodium chloride, filtered oft, washed withf sodium chloride solution and dried at 60-65 in vacuo; It is a dark red powder which dissolves in water with a ruby-red colour.

If cotton or staple rayon is printed with a paste consisting of 30 parts ofthe above dyestutf, 30 parts of potassium carbonate, 200 parts of urea, 190 parts of water and 450 parts of a 5% sodium alginate solution, then steamed for minutes at 100-110 or heated for 4 minutes at 140-1602 rinsed and finally soaped at the boil for 30 minutes then a deep ruby-red print is obtained which has good light and wet fastness properties.

The printing colour described can be stored well. i

More blue coloured dyestuffs having similar properties are obtained if, in the above example, instead of the 16.8 parts of 5-nitro-2-agiino-l-niethoxybenzene, the equivalent amount of 5-hitro-2-amino-l,4-dimethoxybenzene or S-nitro-Z-amino-l,4-diethoxybenine is used or if the equivalent amount of S-nitro-2-amino-4-methyli-methoxybenzene is used. 'If, in the aboveexample, instead of the 21.8. parts of 2,4,5,6-tetrachloropyrimidine, the equivalent amount of 5-bromo-2,4,6-trichloropyrimidine, 2,4,6-trichloropyrirr idine, or 2,4,6-tn'bromopyrimidine is used, then similar dyestuifs are obtained which produce prints on cellulose fibres having equally' good I'astness properties. '7

Very good dyestuffs are also obtained if, in the above example, instead of the 30.3 parts of Z-hydroxynaphthalene-3,6-disulphonic acid, and equivalent amount of one of the coupling components given in the following table is used. 1

Dyestud Shade on cei- N 0. Coupling component lulose fibres 1 1-hy%oxynaphthalene-4,8-disulphonio Violet.

9.01 2. 1-hyiroxynaphthalene3,8-disulphonic Do.

an: 3 l-hydgoxynaphthalene-E.,G-disulphonic Do. 2101 4 1-hy%roxynaphthalene-5,7disu1phonic Ruby.

ac-i 5 2-hyddroxyuaphthalene-5,7-disu1phonic Do.

acl 6 1-benzoylamino-8-hydroxynaphthalene- Blueish 3,6-disulphonic acid. violet. 7..;. l-acetylamino-shydroxynaphtha1ene-3,6 Do. disulphonic acid. 8 1-benzoylamino8-hydrdxynaphthalene- Do.

4,6-disu1pnonic acid. 9 l-acetylamino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-4,6- Violet.

disulphonic acid. T 10 l-phenylamino8-hydroxynaphthalene-4,6- Navy blue.

disulphonic acid. 11. l-amino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-2,4disul- Blue.

phonic acid. 12 2-amino-5-hydroxynaphthalene-l,7-disul- Violet.

phonic acid. 13. Lcarbomethoxyamino-S-hydroxynaph- Do.

thalene-3,6disulphonic acid. 14 l-carboriiethoxyarnino-S-hydroxynaph- Do.

I thalene-4,6-disulphonie acid. 15 l-hydiroxynaphthalene-3,6,8-trisu1phon1c' Do.

aci r 16 .i... 1-pr0pionyiamino-S-hydroxynaphthalene- Blueish- 3,6-disulphonic acid. violet. 17. l-propiony1amino-8-hydroxynaphthalene- Do.

4,6-disu1phoni6 acid.

What is claimed is: 1. A monoazo dyestuff of the formula 01 93 JPN N N IL- so i1 s u X2 C-NH wherein B represents the naphthalene radical containing the oxygen atom in the o-position to the azo linkage; of X and X the one is =N- and the other is n is a whole positive number of at most 3, m represents one of the numerals O and 1, Z represents hydrogen or NHX and X represents hydrogen or phenyl.

2. The monoazo dyestufl according to claim 1, of the formula wherein ofX and X the one is =N- and the other is 3. The monoaio dyestufif of the formula.

wherein of X and X the one is =N and the other is (ill 4. The monoazo dyestuif, according to claim 1, of the wherein of X and X the one is =N and the other is formula -0 0 NH I 1 2 5 1103s N=N- som 5 6. The monoazo dyestufi, accordmg to claim 1, of the formula 01 IIIH 80311 (I) N O l g N X1 X2\ /CHN N=N -SO3H 01-1!) J3-c1 C=X1 Xz wherein of X and X the one is =N- and the other is 30111 wherein of X and X the one is =N and the other is 01 5. The monoazo dyestuff, according to claim 1, of the formula c1 00 u IYIHQ References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS Hogs -N=N 3,127,389 3/1964 Se1tz et a1. 260146 HOaS 3,133,909 5/1964 Riat 260146 3,208,990 9/1965 Benz et a1. 260-146 NH 3031.1 3,288,777 11/1966 Benz et al. 260-446 FLOYD D. HIGEL, Primary Examiner us. 01. X.R. Xf s-42, 63, 71; 260-151, 154

mg UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No. 3 5 2 42 Dated March 24, 1970 lnvent fl PAITT. nnssv It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:

r- Claim 1, line 2, the formula should read as follows:

1: O u O =N-B-(SO H) z czx C l (803ml? Claim 3, rewrite line 1 to read:

3. The monoazo dyestuff according to claim 1, of the formula smzo m SEALED DDT 271970 SEA-L) Atteat: Edward M. Hetchu-Jn. comssionor of Pa ants- Attesting Officer 

